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Daily Archives: January 25, 2007

Headless body of woman found in Korangi

The body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where the doctors said the victim was in her early 20s. The complexion of the victim was fair, the doctors said. The doctors said it would be ascertained whether the woman was raped after the report of chemical examination. They said the woman was killed some […]


Sukkur, Nawabshah Mirpurkhas TMAs get Rs 514 million

This, he said while presiding over a meeting of Naziins and Naib Nazims of TMA Mirpurkhas, Hyderabad and Sukkura office. District Nazim Hyderabad Kanwar Naveed Jameel was also present on the occasion. He said that TMA Sukkur would be given Rs. 200.870 million, Mirpurkhas Rs. 196.540 million and Nawabshah Rs 176.100 million. This grant would […]


Ex-special secretary faces probe

He had been making desperate attempts to get his son released from police custody and finally succeeded in sorting out the matter of his son’s alleged misbehaviour with Murtaza Gabol, the son of a special assistant, Malik Ayaz Gabol, on Tuesday through the good offices of the chief minister.Soon after the patch up, his son […]


Local govt system silent revolution, says Ibad: NWFP delegation briefed

The governor was talking to a 30-member delegation of nazims and naib nazims from the NWFP province led by Federal Minister for Political Affairs Amir Muqam. Besides law and order, the governor briefed the delegation on the development projects being undertaken by the government.Ishratul Ibad said Karachi was the engine of country’s economy and its […]


Interior ministry ordered to pay petitioner Rs20,000

The amount, to be deposited within two weeks, is to be recovered from the official/s responsible for misusing the authority of law under the Exit from Pakistan (Control) Ordinance, 1981.Petitioner Nisar A. Sheikh submitted through Advocate Abid Zuberi that his organization, Marigold Society, was running three schools in premises given on rent by Pakistan Steel […]


Revised draft of health control ord cleared

Under the proposed ordinance an accreditation and licensing authority will be established in the case of hospitals, clinics, laboratories, physiotherapy centres, pathologists, nursing homes, maternity homes, diagnostic clinics and other health providers, including hakeems operating in the Sindh province, said official sources.CM Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim gave ascent to the a fresh ordinance draft during […]


Fishermen want licence system enforced

The fishermen Pir Bux Mallah, Rasool Bux Mallah and Ramzan Mallah said that the Sindh government had implemented licence system at Keenjhar, Manchhar and other lakes of the province. But in Sanghar district the contract system was still in force at Chotiyarioon, Bhakkar, Seri, Awadh and Wadhki lakes and Ranto canal, they said. They complained […]


Rohri nazim quits over allegations

He told a press conference that he was quitting his charge for 10 days to facilitate an impartial inquiry into the allegations levelled against him.He said that the nazims and ADP members were busy spreading negative propaganda against the district nazim and DCO. Since their party was seeing defeat in the coming general elections its […]


SHC admits plea seeking night train for Larkana

The petitioners, DBA president MPA Ayaz Soomro and general secretary Abdul Hamid Bhurgri, invoking the extraordinary constitutional jurisdiction of the SHC, requested the court to direct the respondents to arrange proper train service for Larkana residents by running daily night coach and express service to Karachi.The petitioners said advocates from Karachi travelled to Larkana to […]


Rs30bn project for mother, child health this year: NICH symposium

KARACHI:With the required spade work done and pilot studies completed, the government will launch the National Mother & Child Health Programme, costing Rs30 billion, during current fiscal year, Federal Health Secretary Syed Anwar Mehmood said here on Sunday. He was speaking at the concluding session of the third annual symposium on “Neonatal & Child Health […]


Steps for solid-waste management urged

She referred to a statement of Provincial Minister for Environment Dr Sagheer Ahmed, who said some 9,000 tons of domestic and industrial waste is generated here daily and not more than 50pc of it was being disposed of.She said City Nazim Mustafa Kamal was working hard to bring Karachi at par with other modern and […]


JSQM holds demos over Sarki’s disappearance

In Hyderabad, JSQM workers staged a protest demonstration and observed token hunger strike outside the press club. Speaking on the occasion, Mushtaq Khan, Murtaza Mughal and others said that Dr Sarki was picked up by the intelligence agencies 11 months ago and since then he was being held incommunicado.They said the agencies were not ready […]


Farmers protest against Sindh assembly speaker

The farmers who claimed to have fled the private jail of Shah a couple of days ago demanded protection, rehabilitation and recovery of their dues from Shah. They included Wali Mohammed, Mohammed Hussain, Ibrahim, Ismail, Ishaq, Anwar, Hashti, Karim Dad, Allahwarayo and Abdullah, all by caste Khokhar along with their wives and children. Talking to […]


Journalists walk out of Senate against colleague’s abduction

They expressed dissatisfaction over the statement given by Minister of State for Interior Zafar Iqbal Warraich that efforts were being made to recover the abducted journalist. They also expressed their sentiments to Minister of Sate for Information and Broadcasting Tariq Azeem and Minister of State for Education Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli who met them in the […]